Buoy (Oolite) - Revision history

Cholmondely: Added notes on traffic lights & the ASC

2026-03-30T12:37:17Z

Added notes on traffic lights & the ASC

Murgh: sm rearranges, add IAbuoy

2025-12-26T12:26:07Z

sm rearranges, add IAbuoy

Murgh: update old buoy pic, ch header

2025-12-21T21:27:33Z

update old buoy pic, ch header

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T01:21:39Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: /* Custom Paintjobs */ Added more

2023-08-22T12:37:29Z

‎Custom Paintjobs: Added more

Cholmondely: Added another link

2023-05-21T15:13:14Z

Added another link

Murgh: /* Custom Paintjobs */ sm corrects.

2021-12-27T00:01:04Z

‎Custom Paintjobs: sm corrects.

Cholmondely: Added Individual station beacons pictures

2021-12-26T10:11:39Z

Added Individual station beacons pictures

Cholmondely: Added note on current buoys

2021-12-03T12:02:59Z

Added note on current buoys

Cholmondely: Added quote from Aegidian

2021-12-03T12:00:39Z

Added quote from Aegidian

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 They are most commonly used for as a [[beacon]] for navigation.
-:Every main station has a buoy ten kilometers from the entrance to the docking bay, allowing vessels to align themselves with the station. If the buoy is right behind you and the station right ahead, you are properly aligned.
+:Every orbital main station has a buoy ten kilometers from the entrance to the docking bay, allowing vessels to align themselves with the station for docking. If the buoy is right behind you and the station right ahead, you are properly aligned.
 :Every system has a buoy at which one arrives when entering a new system from witchspace. This is usually called a '''Witchpoint Beacon'''.
 :Depending on your oxp cocktail preferences you may find that secondary orbital stations do not have buoys, or that [[Rock Hermit|rock hermits]] do!
 == Variations ==
-The current buoys (Oolite v.1.90 and later) were designed by [[User:Cmd. Cheyd|Commander Cheyd]] and incorporated into the [[Vanilla game]] code.
+The current buoys (Oolite v.1.90 and later) were designed by [[User:Cmd. Cheyd|Commander Cheyd]] and incorporated into the [[Vanilla game]] code (see above).
 <gallery>
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 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hBhZqQnyj0 New Smivs Buoy (YouTube)]
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4300 How often do you come out of witch space right on the Witchspace beacon? Instant destruction...] (2009)
 [[Category:Oolite Miscellaneous]]

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 The current buoys (Oolite v.1.90 and later) were designed by [[User:Cmd. Cheyd|Commander Cheyd]] and incorporated into the [[Vanilla game]] code.
 <gallery>
 Image:smivs' buoy.jpg|[[Accessories OXP|Accessories OXP Buoy (Smivs)]]
 Image:betterBuoy.jpg|[[BetterBuoys|Better Buoys OXZ <br> Navigation & Witchpoint buoys (Smivs)]]
 Image:Deepspace_Nav_Buoy.jpg|[[Deepspace_Ships|Deepspace Buoy <br> (Simon B)]]
 Image:SungsBuoy.jpg|[[Shady_Sungs|Sung's Buoy]]
-Image:Buoy.png|The original Oolite buoy (Aegidian)
+Image:IA_buoySM.jpg|[[Iron Ass OXP|IronAss buoy]] (Murgh)
 </gallery>
 <gallery>
 Image:Commie Ads 1.png|[[Commies]]  <br> Propaganda version for commie systems (Dr Nils)
 Image:Wanted posters horz 21.png|[[Wanted Posters]] <br> Replaces some buoys (BlackWolf)
 Image:Onatbeza YAH C 13.png|[[YAH]] <br> Your Ad Here replaces some buoys with advertisements (Dr Nils)
 </gallery>
-== Individual Beacons ==
+== Individual beacons ==
 There are a couple of stations which come with specially designed beacons.
 <gallery>
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-== See Also ==
+== Snippet from Aegidian ==
-*[[WPB OXP|WPB (WitchPoint Buoy)]] Older version of buoy for poorer systems ([[User:Murgh|Murgh]] - old, but rebundled)
+<blockquote>''The Nav Buoy was created initially as a target for testing out weaponry as I worked on the early Oolite. I placed it directly outside the station so that I'd have to do no more than launch and fire! Then I realised how useful it was as an aid to docking - so as I neared release I decided to keep it in the game.
 *[[BuoyRepair|Buoy Repair OXP]] Repair company for defect or destroyed nav-beacons ([[User:Eric Walch|Eric Walch]] & [[User:Svengali|Svengali]]: 2015)
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hBhZqQnyj0 New Smivs Buoy (YouTube)]
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4300 How often do you come out of witch space right on the Witchspace beacon? Instant destruction...] (2009)
 [[Category:Oolite Miscellaneous]]

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 :Depending on your oxp cocktail preferences you may find that secondary orbital stations do not have buoys, or that [[Rock Hermit|rock hermits]] do!
-== Custom Paintjobs ==
+== Variations ==
 The current buoys (Oolite v.1.90 and later) were designed by [[User:Cmd. Cheyd|Commander Cheyd]] and incorporated into the [[Vanilla game]] code.
 <gallery>
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 Image:Commie Ads 1.png|[[Commies]]  <br> Propaganda version for commie systems (Dr Nils)
 Image:Wanted posters horz 21.png|[[Wanted Posters]] <br> Replaces some buoys (BlackWolf)
-Image:Wpb.png|[[WPB OXP]] <br> An elderly version for poorer systems (Murgh)
+Image:IA WPB.jpg|[[WPB OXP]] <br> An elderly version for poorer systems (Murgh)
 Image:Onatbeza YAH C 13.png|[[YAH]] <br> Your Ad Here replaces some buoys with advertisements (Dr Nils)
 </gallery>

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 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hBhZqQnyj0 New Smivs Buoy (YouTube)]
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4300 How often do you come out of witch space right on the Witchspace beacon? Instant destruction...] (2009)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4300 How often do you come out of witch space right on the Witchspace beacon? Instant destruction...] (2009)
 == Snippet from [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]] ==
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 In terms of Oolite's milieu I tend to see it as a sensor station (quite possibly manned) used for traffic control around a system's main port.
-It was never intended to mark 'safe-distance' for witch jumps (although for the standard Coriolis station it is placed at that distance). Your on-board mass-detectors do most of the work of deciding how far from a given mass you need to be to safely create a wormhole.|Source=([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=20940#p20940 Aegidian (2006)])}}
+It was never intended to mark 'safe-distance' for witch jumps (although for the standard Coriolis station it is placed at that distance). Your on-board mass-detectors do most of the work of deciding how far from a given mass you need to be to safely create a wormhole.|Source=([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=20940#p20940 Aegidian (2006)])}}
 [[Category:Oolite Miscellaneous]]

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 Image:Deepspace_Nav_Buoy.jpg|[[Deepspace_Ships|Deepspace Buoy <br> (Simon B)]]
 Image:SungsBuoy.jpg|[[Shady_Sungs|Sung's Buoy]]
-Image:Wpb.png|[[WPB OXP|WPB OXP <br> An antique version (Murgh)]]
+Image:Buoy.png|The original Oolite buoy (Aegidian)
 </gallery>

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		+	*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4300 How often do you come out of witch space right on the Witchspace beacon? Instant destruction...] (2009)

	== Snippet from [[User:Aegidian\|Aegidian]] ==		== Snippet from [[User:Aegidian\|Aegidian]] ==

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	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hBhZqQnyj0 New Smivs Buoy (YouTube)]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hBhZqQnyj0 New Smivs Buoy (YouTube)]
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		+	== Snippet from [[User:Aegidian\|Aegidian]] ==
		+	{{QuoteText\|Text=The Nav Buoy was created initially as a target for testing out weaponry as I worked on the early Oolite. I placed it directly outside the station so that I'd have to do no more than launch and fire! Then I realised how useful it was as an aid to docking - so as I neared release I decided to keep it in the game.
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		+	In terms of Oolite's milieu I tend to see it as a sensor station (quite possibly manned) used for traffic control around a system's main port.
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		+	It was never intended to mark 'safe-distance' for witch jumps (although for the standard Coriolis station it is placed at that distance). Your on-board mass-detectors do most of the work of deciding how far from a given mass you need to be to safely create a wormhole.\|Source=([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=20940#p20940 Aegidian (2006)])}}
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	[[Category:Oolite Miscellaneous]]		[[Category:Oolite Miscellaneous]]